You can add, modify, and delete dashboards in your Custom Dashboards space.

Content Pack dashboards, pre-built dashboards that you download, cannot be modified, but you can clone these dashboards to your Custom Dashboards space and modify the clones.

Important: VMware Aria Operations for Logs does not perform checks for duplicate names of the dashboards, queries, and alerts that you save or clone. The display name is not a unique identifier when VMware Aria Operations for Logs saves queries. Therefore, you can save multiple charts, alerts, and dashboards with the same name. To make data more easily retrievable, do not duplicate names when you save charts, alerts, or dashboards.

Working with Custom Dashboards

The following table lists the product capabilities you can use to create or modify a custom dashboard.

Task Procedure
Create a custom dashboard.

In the Dashboards page, select My Dashboards in the left pane, and click New Dashboard at the top of the pane.

If you are an administrator, a dashboard user, or a user with edit access for the Dashboards > Shared Dashboards permission, you can select Share this dashboard among all users to share your dashboard with other users.
Edit the name of a custom dashboard.

In the Dashboards page, point to the dashboard name in the left pane, click the menu icon "", and select Rename. Enter a new name and click Save.

Delete a custom dashboard.

In the Dashboards page, point to the dashboard name, click the menu icon "" and select Delete. In the confirmation dialog box, select Delete.

Clone a dashboard from a content pack to your custom dashboard.
  1. In the Dashboards page, select a content pack in the left pane and point to the dashboard that you want to clone.
  2. Click the menu icon "" and select Clone from the drop-down menu.
  3. Enter a name and click Save.

    If you are an administrator, a dashboard user, or a user with edit access for the Dashboards > Shared Dashboards permission, you can select whether to share your dashboard with other users.

Add a chart widget to a dashboard.
  1. In the upper-right corner of the Explore Logs page, click Add to Dashboard. Alternatively, from the menu to the right of the Search button, select Add Current Query to Dashboard.
  2. Type a name, select the destination dashboard from the drop-down menu, select the widget type, add information about the widget, and click Add.

To modify the chart type, in the upper right corner of the widget, click the Other Actions icon. "", and select Edit Chart Type.
Add a query list widget to the dashboard. See Add a Query List Widget to the Dashboard.
Add a query to a query list widget in a dashboard. See Add a Query to a Query List Widget in a Dashboard.
Add a query to a field table widget in a dashboard. See Add a Field Table Widget to a Dashboard
Add an event types widget to a dashboard. Add an Event Types Widget to a Dashboard
Add an event trends widget to a dashboard. Add an Event Trends Widget to a Dashboard
Rename a widget.
  1. In the Dashboards page, in the left pane, select the custom dashboard that contains the widget that you want to rename.
  2. Click the title of the widget, modify the text, and press Enter.
Display time-synchronized data for all widgets. By default, you can display a legend label for a given data point in a widget by hovering your pointer over that point. You can also display legend labels for all widgets for the same moment in time by enabling the setting for Display legend for all widgets, which is applied to all dashboards. The setting is cookie-based and persists across browser sessions.
  1. In the Dashboards page, select a dashboard in the left pane.
  2. In the upper left corner of the dashboard, set the toggle for Display legend on all widgets to be active.
Clone a widget.
  1. In the Dashboards page, in the left pane, select the custom dashboard that contains the widget that you want to clone.
  2. In the upper right corner of the widget, click the Other Actions icon. "", and select Clone.
  3. In the Clone to Dashboard dialog box, enter the widget details and click Clone.
Move a widget to another dashboard.
  1. In the Dashboards page, in the left pane, select the custom dashboard that contains the widget that you want to move.
  2. In the upper right corner of the widget, click the Other Actions icon. "", and select Move to Dashboard.
  3. In the Move to Dashboard dialog box, in the Dashboard drop-down menu, select the dashboard to which you want to move the widget.
Modify a widget.
  1. In the Dashboards page, in the left pane, select the custom dashboard that contains the widget that you want to modify.
  2. In the upper right corner of the widget, click the Other Actions icon. "", and select Edit.
  3. In the Edit Widget dialog box, modify the widget details and click Save.
Modify a query list, field table, event types, or event trends widget in Explore Logs.
  1. In the Dashboards page, in the left pane, select the custom dashboard that contains the widget that you want to modify in Explore Logs.
  2. In the upper right corner of the widget, click the Other Actions icon. "", and select Edit in Explore Logs page.
  3. In the Explore Logs page, modify the query details and click Save.
Delete a widget from a dashboard.
  1. In the Dashboards page, in the left pane, select the custom dashboard that contains the widget that you want to delete.
  2. In the upper right corner of the widget, click the Other Actions icon. "", and select Delete.
  3. In the Delete Widget dialog box, click Delete to confirm.
Troubleshoot a widget that displays the warning symbol. See Troubleshooting VMware Aria Operations for Logs Query Results.
Provide unauthenticated access to a custom or content pack dashboard for a certain period. See Provide Unauthenticated Access to a Dashboard.